It’s been a slow start to the season on the tench front, with many believing that’s down to the cold spring we’ve endured. But with the weather finally improving the species appears to be waking up, as Tom Lane found in style with this 10lb 10oz tench. He was fishing… Read more

A trip to Norfolk’s Bawburgh Lakes proved fruitful for Bruce Ruscoe, who landed half a dozen tench topped by this 10lb 15oz specimen. The session continues a fine run of form for Bruce, as he won the National Tench Championships at Linear Fisheries earlier this year. On this trip though,… Read more

Theres certainly been no shortage of big tench reported over recent weeks, but none larger than this 12lb 8oz beauty, landed by Lee Snow. He was fishing a large southern gravel pit and spent two hours waking the lake prior to tackling up, looking for fish rolling. Eventually, he found… Read more

In an era where many anglers follow tactical trends, it’s great to see that doing something slightly different can still produce the goods, as Gary Newman proved when he caught this stunning 12lb 3oz tench. The Buckinghamshire angler banked the superb spring tinca alongside other heavyweight specimens scaling 10lb 5oz… Read more

May is regarded by many as prime time for tench, and two-times Drennan Cup winner Dai Gribble proved exactly why with this 11lb 9oz specimen landed on his very first cast of a recent trip. Having taken his time getting his kit sorted and a spot baited on a Kent… Read more

Spring traditionally signals the start of tench season for many anglers, but few can have kicked their campaigns off in better fashion than Alan Rio, who’s just landed this stunning tench weighing 12lb 1oz, which was backed up by a further specimen of 11lb 1oz in one memorable session. The… Read more